January 2015 Project: IEEE P802.15 Working Group for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs) Submission Title: Report for TG4q (ULP) Task Group, Jan 2015 Meeting Date Submitted: Jan. 12, 2015 Source: Chiu Ngo, Samsung 75 W. Plumeria Drive, San Jose, CA 95134, USA Abstract: Meeting Report for TG4q (ULP) Task Group Purpose: Report on activities during the Jan meeting. Notice: This document has been prepared to assist the IEEE P802.15. It is offered as a basis for discussion and is not binding on the contributing individual(s) or organization(s). The material in this document is subject to change in form and content after further study. The contributor(s) reserve(s) the right to add, amend or withdraw material contained herein. Release: The contributor acknowledges and accepts that this contribution becomes the property of IEEE and may be made publicly available by P802.15. Chiu Ngo (Samsung)

14th Meeting of the ULP Task Group January 2015 IEEE 802.15.4q Task Group Report 14th Meeting of the ULP Task Group Atlanta, GA, USA Jan 11-16, 2015 Chiu Ngo (Samsung)

Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform January 2015 Participants, Patents, and Duty to Inform All participants in this meeting have certain obligations under the IEEE-SA Patent Policy. Participants: “Shall inform the IEEE (or cause the IEEE to be informed)” of the identity of each “holder of any potential Essential Patent Claims of which they are personally aware” if the claims are owned or controlled by the participant or the entity the participant is from, employed by, or otherwise represents “Personal awareness” means that the participant “is personally aware that the holder may have a potential Essential Patent Claim,” even if the participant is not personally aware of the specific patents or patent claims “Should inform the IEEE (or cause the IEEE to be informed)” of the identity of “any other holders of such potential Essential Patent Claims” (that is, third parties that are not affiliated with the participant, with the participant’s employer, or with anyone else that the participant is from or otherwise represents) The above does not apply if the patent claim is already the subject of an Accepted Letter of Assurance that applies to the proposed standard(s) under consideration by this group Quoted text excerpted from IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws subclause 6.2 Early identification of holders of potential Essential Patent Claims is strongly encouraged No duty to perform a patent search Chiu Ngo (Samsung) g

January 2015 Patent Related Links All participants should be familiar with their obligations under the IEEE-SA Policies & Procedures for standards development. Patent Policy is stated in these sources: IEEE-SA Standards Boards Bylaws http://standards.ieee.org/develop/policies/bylaws/sect6-7.html#6 IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual http://standards.ieee.org/develop/policies/opman/sect6.html#6.3 Material about the patent policy is available at http://standards.ieee.org/about/sasb/patcom/materials.html If you have questions, contact the IEEE-SA Standards Board Patent Committee Administrator at patcom@ieee.org or visit http://standards.ieee.org/about/sasb/patcom/index.html This slide set is available at https://development.standards.ieee.org/myproject/Public/mytools/mob/slideset.ppt Chiu Ngo (Samsung)

Call for Potentially Essential Patents January 2015 Call for Potentially Essential Patents If anyone in this meeting is personally aware of the holder of any patent claims that are potentially essential to implementation of the proposed standard(s) under consideration by this group and that are not already the subject of an Accepted Letter of Assurance: Either speak up now or Provide the chair of this group with the identity of the holder(s) of any and all such claims as soon as possible or Cause an LOA to be submitted Chiu Ngo (Samsung)

Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings January 2015 Other Guidelines for IEEE WG Meetings All IEEE-SA standards meetings shall be conducted in compliance with all applicable laws, including antitrust and competition laws. Don’t discuss the interpretation, validity, or essentiality of patents/patent claims. Don’t discuss specific license rates, terms, or conditions. Relative costs, including licensing costs of essential patent claims, of different technical approaches may be discussed in standards development meetings. Technical considerations remain primary focus Don’t discuss or engage in the fixing of product prices, allocation of customers, or division of sales markets. Don’t discuss the status or substance of ongoing or threatened litigation. Don’t be silent if inappropriate topics are discussed … do formally object. --------------------------------------------------------------- See IEEE-SA Standards Board Operations Manual, clause 5.3.10 and “Promoting Competition and Innovation: What You Need to Know about the IEEE Standards Association's Antitrust and Competition Policy” for more details. Chiu Ngo (Samsung)

January 2015 Session Secretary: Total of 5 time slots Tuesday Wednesday Thursday AM1 TG4q AM2 PM1 PM2 Meeting Objective(s): Comment Resolution on the first recirculation letter ballot (LB # 100) Chiu Ngo (Samsung)

Agenda Tue (AM1) Tue (AM2) Meeting called to order January 2015 Agenda Tue (AM1) Meeting called to order IEEE-SA Stds. Board Bylaws on Patents in Std's. & Guidelines Meeting Objectives/Agenda Approval of Agenda (doc. 15-15-0042-00) Approval of 2014 Nov. Minutes (doc. 15-14-0702-00) Review results of LB#100 Review comments received and approach for comment resolution - Tech. editor Work on comment resolution Recess Tue (AM2) Meeting called to order/Patent policy Chiu Ngo (Samsung)

Agenda (Cont’) Wed (AM1) Meeting called to order/Patent policy January 2015 Agenda (Cont’) Wed (AM1) Meeting called to order/Patent policy Work on comment resolution Recess Chiu Ngo (Samsung)

Agenda (Cont’) Thur (AM1) Thur (AM2) January 2015 Agenda (Cont’) Thur (AM1) Meeting called to order/Patent policy Work on comment resolution Recess Thur (AM2) Status of comment resolution BRC Re-formation and Motion to WG Time Line Review Next Steps AoB Adjourn Chiu Ngo (Samsung)

Approval of Jan 2015 Meeting Agenda January 2015 Approval of Jan 2015 Meeting Agenda Doc#: 15-15-0042-00 Moved by: Seconded by: Chiu Ngo (Samsung)

Approval of November 2014 Meeting Minutes January 2015 Approval of November 2014 Meeting Minutes 15-14-0702-00-004q-meetingminutes-nov2014-sanantonio.pdf Moved by: Seconded by: Chiu Ngo (Samsung)

doc.: IEEE 802.15-<doc#> <month year> doc.: IEEE 802.15-<doc#> January 2015 Review Results of LB#100 # of Voters: 102 Aggregate # of Voted : 91 Yes/No/Abstain: 72/13/6 % of YES = 84.71% # of comments received: 120 Chiu Ngo (Samsung) <author>, <company>

Review comments received and approach for comment resolution (LB#100) <month year> doc.: IEEE 802.15-<doc#> January 2015 Review comments received and approach for comment resolution (LB#100) Chiu Ngo (Samsung) <author>, <company>

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